Anti-U.S. Protests Beginning to Wane in Muslim World

     There is some good news to report after days of violent anti-U.S. protests thanks to that miserable film by some Christian bigots. The protests are beginning to wane thanks to the various governments starting to put them down. In Egypt, President Mohamed Morisi has started taking things in hand after a slow early start-due in part to pressure from the Obama Administration:

     "More than a dozen countries in the Muslim world rocked by protests linked to a controversial anti-Islam movie in recent days were relatively calm Saturday, but protests flared up far away from the region in Australia."

     "In Cairo, the initial scene of the violent protests, where demonstrators repeatedly clashed with riot police since last Tuesday, the government appeared to be taking decisive steps to end the unrest. Tuesday also saw an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens."

     "Hundreds of Egyptian security forces, some of them in plainclothes, pushed protestors out of Tahrir Square and made arrests Saturday morning, witnesses said. Security forces even tore down a massive image of the “Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdel Rahman, in U.S. prison for involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, that was put up by Salafist protesters shortly after the 2011 revolution."

     "The actions of the security forces were one of the first signs that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi may be taking more concrete steps to tamp down protests since pressure has ramped up from the U.S. government in recent days."

     "In Washington on Friday, President Obama made formal a previously announced decision to dispatch U.S. Marine quick-response teams to Libya and Yemen. In a letter to the House and Senate, Obama said that the security forces from the U.S. Africa Command “are equipped for combat,” although their purpose would solely be to protect U.S. citizens and property."

     "Officials had planned to send a third team to Sudan, but that country rejected the request Saturday, according to a Reuters report."

     “Sudan is able to protect the diplomatic missions in Khartoum and the state is committed to protecting its guests in the diplomatic corps,” Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti told the state news agency, SUNA.

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     So the situation is being dealt with, and the violent discord defused. Mitt Romney's backseat driving played exactly no role in the resolution

     In Yemen as well progress is being made:

     "In Yemen, the parliament called Saturday for the removal of the U.S. Marine team. “The Parliament does not accept any foreign presence on the Republic of Yemen soil, small or big and under any excuse. It demands the departure of these forces, particularly the Marine unit which has reportedly arrived recently,” said a statement issued by the parliamentarians, according to the state Saba news agency."

    "The parliament previously demanded an apology from the U.S. government for the controversial film but also condemned the attack on the embassy. Hundreds of people also joined a funeral march in Sanaa on Saturday for a protester killed during the attack on the U.S. Embassy."

    Certainly understand them not welcoming the Marines in their country though they have to make good on providing security for U.S. diplomats. The reduction in tensions come despite, the appeal by the Yemen branch of Al Qaeda to step up the violence and to kill American diplomats and drive out U.S. embassies in all Muslim countries.

    "As the protests appeared to be dying down, President Obama seemed to be looking ahead to the aftermath of the violence, even as he paid tribute to the four Americans killed in Tuesday’s attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya."

   “This week in Libya, we lost four of our fellow Americans. Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, Sean Smith, and Chris Stevens were all killed in an outrageous attack on our diplomatic post in Benghazi,” he said in a weekly Internet and radio address. “As we mourn their loss, we must also send a clear and resolute message to the world: Those who attack our people will find no escape from justice. We will not waver in their pursuit. And we will never allow anyone to shake the resolve of the United States of America."

    “Let us never forget that for every angry mob, there are millions who yearn for the freedom and dignity and hope that our flag represents,” he concluded.